ashelia

I had no idea he was Coach and L4D2 was one of my favorite games. Thanks so much for this fact.

Do you ever miss Almost Live? Do you have any funny stories from the show?

Hey so I spent about 6 days in the hospital recently and my mom was a nurse for 35+ years.

The biggest thing you can do is just treat us like humans. This means compliment something unique, make a tactful joke. The nurse who stood out to me the most was always commenting nicely about my blanket (it was a custom quilt), the flowers someone sent me, etc. She also fought really hard to make sure I could get some ice chips when they weren't sure if I was going to have surgery. I had pointed out it was 5PM, and I certainly wasn't having surgery til the morning tomorrow, so could I please have some ice chips since it'd been 2 days without any liquids/ice chips, and every other nurse was indifferent. She came in and said it was totally fine, and the reason other nurses had avoided it was the doctor didn't sign off, but as long as it was just a few and it was before 10PM it wouldn't be an issue. I feel like the other nurses didn't even call the doctor/care that my mouth felt like a fuzzy furnace. (I know no liquids before surgery, but it was clear the doctor had left for the day already and I wasn't at risk for emergency surgery.)

That's fascinating, I never knew that.